“He left the room, and closeted himself in the dark, buzzing space where he raised his wasps and plotted the courses of heavenly bodies.” — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“Moriarty rarely smiled,and then usually to terrify some poor victim. The first time I heard him laugh, I thought he had been struck by… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“No crime too small’ was never exactly Moriarty’s slogan, but the criminal genius would apply himself to minor offences if an unusual challenge was… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“Moriarty smiled his adder’s smile. And I relaxed. I knew . My destiny and his wound together. It was a sensation I’d never got before upon meeting a man. When I’d had it from women, the upshot ranged from disappointment to attempted murder. Understand me, Professor James Moriarty was a hateful man, the most hateful, hateable , creature I have… — Kim Newman Copy Share
“Dullards would have you believe that once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth... but to a mathematical… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“There will never be slaves in Britain,' Godalming continued, 'but those who stay warm will naturally serve us, as the excellent Bessie has just… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“The Firm would go to war! Not soon enough, said I. For I wasn’t content to be content, to grow plump and pampered in… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“Power is based, at bottom, on the ability to kill; thus the means of killing have to be available, even if only to a… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“Places, she told herself, were not evil: they were what people made of them.” — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“In a battle which might interest scholars of modern urban warfare, the Conduit Street Comanche whipped the tar out of an irregular band of… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“Writing. It's a trivial pursuit, hardly worth the effort, inconsequential on any cosmic level. It's just blood and sweat and guts and bone hauled… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“W ere you aware,’ began Lord Ruthven, ‘that there are people in these isles whose sole objection to the marriage of our dear Queen… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
